Abstract: The invention comprises an atomic structure kit for enabling students to understand how atoms are made of smaller sub-atomic particles, the architecture of these particles in relation to each other, and the forces acting upon the sub-atomic particles that hold an atom together. The kit comprises a central body representing an atomic nucleus attached to a shaft about which concentric circular or elliptical rings are rotatably attached. A plurality of bodies representing protons and neutrons is magnetically attachable to the atomic nucleus, and a plurality of bodies representing electrons is magnetically attachable to the rotatable rings. The properties and geometry of the magnetic materials mimic the strong localised force relationships between sub-atomic particles, specifically the electron-electron, proton-proton repulsion, the electron-nucleus attraction and the very strong attraction between the nucleons that bind the nucleus.